Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.